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Investments and Public Expenditure
(1758 records - USD 346,835,438,332.00 )
Smart agriculture for sustainable development in Guyana: Precision agriculture, AI and IoT
This project integrates precision agriculture, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things technologies with climate-smart agricultural practices and bioeconomy models to improve productivity, resilience, and food security for smallholder farmers in Guyana. Through three components (precision technology adoption, technical and institutional capacity building, and integration of bioeconomy practices and value chain strengthening), the project directly benefits 25,000 farmers, indigenous communities, and Afro-descendants in regions 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 of the country.
Strengthening Food Security in Guyana through Trade and Integration
It aims to improve trade facilitation and logistics at Guyana's borders with Brazil (Lethem-Bomfim crossing) and Suriname, through the development of conceptual border crossing designs and support for bilateral trade negotiations. The initiative comprises four components: a technical note for trade policy negotiations, policy dialogue and knowledge dissemination activities, conceptual designs for both border crossings, and overall technical coordination. The project contributes to reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers that constrain intraregional agri-food trade, in line with the CARICOM strategy to cut the regional food import bill by 25% by 2025.
USAID Caribbean Agricultural Productivity Improvement Activity (CAPA)
Initiative aimed at improving food security and promoting sustainable farming practices through increased fruit and vegetable productivity of smallholder farmers. It articulates interventions in productive technical assistance, strengthening commercial linkages with buyers and agro-input suppliers, modernization of rural extension systems, and climate data management for decision-making. Its objective is to increase market-led agricultural production, improve smallholder connectivity with regional value chains, and strengthen climate resilience of the Caribbean agri-food sector.


Policy frameworks
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Working Families Tax Cuts: tax support for family farms
Official statement from the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means on the Working Families Tax Cuts. The source states that the law made permanent and enhanced the estate tax exemption, raising it to USD 30 million for married couples, with the aim of protecting family farms and facilitating the transfer of land, equipment, and farm operations to the next generation. It also mentions small business deductions, lower borrowing costs, rural opportunity zones, and immediate expensing for machinery and equipment.
Colombia: Resolution 331 of 2024 - Adopting the Agroecology Public Policy and issuing other provisions
Issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, adopts Colombia's Agroecology Public Policy, establishing the principles, approaches, objectives, and guidelines to direct State action toward the country's agroecological transition nationwide. The policy is structured around four main guidelines: agroecological knowledge management, agroecological production and transition, agroecology-based distribution and trade, and agrobiodiversity conservation in the face of the climate crisis. The resolution also establishes the National Agroecology Roundtable (MNA) as a participatory governance body for policy implementation and monitoring, with representation from peasant, indigenous, Afro-descendant communities, and social organizations.
Colombia: Law No. 2585 of 2026 – Establishing Instruments to Guarantee a Sustainable and Deforestation-Free Cattle Production Chain (Sustainable Deforestation-Free Livestock)
Establishes the regulatory framework for a sustainable, deforestation-free bovine cattle production chain in Colombia, linking animal traceability systems with the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System, the multipurpose cadastre, and the real property registry. It amends Law 1659 of 2013 to expand the mandate of the National Animal Traceability Commission, placing anti-deforestation goals at the core of agricultural information systems. The law creates the National Deforestation Council (CONALDEF) and introduces a "Deforestation-Free Producer" certification, the NTC 6550:2021 Environmental Seal, high-surveillance zones in active deforestation hotspots, and due diligence obligations for all actors across the beef and dairy value chain.


Good practices
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Smart agriculture for sustainable development in Guyana: Precision agriculture, AI and IoT
This project integrates precision agriculture, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things technologies with climate-smart agricultural practices and bioeconomy models to improve productivity, resilience, and food security for smallholder farmers in Guyana. Through three components (precision technology adoption, technical and institutional capacity building, and integration of bioeconomy practices and value chain strengthening), the project directly benefits 25,000 farmers, indigenous communities, and Afro-descendants in regions 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 of the country.
Strengthening Food Security in Guyana through Trade and Integration
It aims to improve trade facilitation and logistics at Guyana's borders with Brazil (Lethem-Bomfim crossing) and Suriname, through the development of conceptual border crossing designs and support for bilateral trade negotiations. The initiative comprises four components: a technical note for trade policy negotiations, policy dialogue and knowledge dissemination activities, conceptual designs for both border crossings, and overall technical coordination. The project contributes to reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers that constrain intraregional agri-food trade, in line with the CARICOM strategy to cut the regional food import bill by 25% by 2025.
USAID Caribbean Agricultural Productivity Improvement Activity (CAPA)
Initiative aimed at improving food security and promoting sustainable farming practices through increased fruit and vegetable productivity of smallholder farmers. It articulates interventions in productive technical assistance, strengthening commercial linkages with buyers and agro-input suppliers, modernization of rural extension systems, and climate data management for decision-making. Its objective is to increase market-led agricultural production, improve smallholder connectivity with regional value chains, and strengthen climate resilience of the Caribbean agri-food sector.


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